Kill the Pain

A great tune and your poem goes wonderfully along with it

Thank you so much for commenting, Tim!

Music is my main inspiration, glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Powerful couplets and single lines ... great flow and cadence my poetess ...

That's such an amazing thing to say... thank you so much, dear poetess!

beautiful Duende this is a powerful conjuring
may your voice be heard lovely one 💕

love Brenda

Thank you so much, dearest Brenda!

It came out as a scream while listening to the music, that you think it's a powerful conjuring means a lot... I so appreciate you <3

Love, Duende

"It came out as a scream ..."
I reckon screams are a highly dense form of communication, normally too dense to unravel with our stubby minds - but you have managed to tease it out, to unravel it, beautifully into poetic words.

That's such a huge compliment, Josh, thank you so much!

I am ever so grateful I have poetry to release strong emotions like these...

"I am ever so grateful I have poetry to release strong emotions like these..."  this is a quotable quote for my collection on the meaning and value of poetry - if I have your permission to add it to the list?

Of course you have, Josh, it would be my honor :-)

Thank you.

You're welcome :-)

Vivid imagery, Duende.  I shuddered reading it.  

I would definitely lose "the" in the final line.

Honored you call this vivid imagery... thank you so much, Ahavati

As for "the" > I like it as it is, but appreciate the feedback!

I could hear a slow, power-chord Slash guitar throughout this. Feeling the rain against the words; what a powerful prayer for salvation

Wow... such beautiful compliments, thank you so much, Taurus!

I must admit: I had a crush on Slash, so it's possible he ended up in this poem somehow :-)

I saw your author comment of “October Rain” and then “November Rain” clicked in my head; great minds 😎

It was probably your subconsciousness that made the connection, my author's note said something else... great minds think alike and know their classics :-)

Thank you for commenting, Tim... means a lot!

And yes... anything to stop the pain...

You are so right... the earth is our mother, she comforts and heals...

That you could feel the vulnerability in this piece and enjoyed the structure means a lot to me, thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment, Bender

Dearest Melia,

It feels indeed like washing the old away, I still remember going outside when there was a heavy downfall, unlike most people I love the rain.

Thank you for your words of wisdom!

Love and Light, Duende

I agree with AEmelia.  The rain is purging.  Personally I prefer this to what Guns and Roses had to offer. You don't waste words.  Loved every one of them!

Great to hear you loved every word, Crow!

As for Guns N' Roses... for me it's a trip down memory lane, bringing me back the days I was a bittersweet sixteen. Thank you so much for commenting!

I am keeping this one, beautiful. Beyond that...no words...

...ever your Willow

Beyond grateful, my love!

Thank you for keeping her... and Homesick <3

Love & Hugs, Duende

You know I've been waiting for Homesick to resurface.  :-)

So happy you're back, sweet little sister!

She's here to stay :-)

And yes... I know, my sweet sister <3

emotional

So glad to have come across this piece today, I understood the reference to Guns N Roses' November Rain if my thinking is aligning right, sometimes we all need a quiet safe space to lay all our grievances down and let them process the way they need to, where we can be self governed without any judgement, it's interesting how elements flow through this piece when nothing feels wrong but nothing feels quite right either, it's almost like nature is there to balance us out in some ways, like an elder we go to without judgement and to be embraced for everything we are, I love how music is an inspiration to you throughout your writes too, your song choices always connect perfectly throughout your poems and you have excellent taste in music.  

I was having a conversation the other day with a sister of mine, how sometimes people have the wrong end of the stick regarding the world and what's happening with it, how there's actually nothing wrong with the world but there is much wrong with society and the way it is structured today, sometimes people don't always have the answers for everything or can heal everything, also we don't always have a tribe of people we can rely on, however, I think in this society it's finding the few people who are worth walking with on your way home, who allow you to be without judgement, it's hard and usually it's a small hand full of people but when you find those people it's worth your feet kissing the earth for each and every moment.

Thank you for sharing Duende, this one related deeply and took me back some time ago.  

Have a great day in their face on purpose 😊

-Ethan

How to reply to a comment so deeply moving as this one?

You're thinking was definitely right, it's indeed inspired by November Rain. Most, if not all of my poetry is inspired by music or a song pops up while writing and it inspires my work. It can go both ways. I often use some of the lyrics, just a small line, in this case Kill the Pain (also the title) music being very important to me.

Without music, life would be a mistake - Friedrich Nietzsche.

Nature can be so healing, allows you to just be. One with the wind, the trees, the earth, the elements. And I fully agree with you, there's something wrong with society, the expectations that are almost forced upon us, the fast way of living. That's why so many people feel lost.

It's indeed the few people you cross paths with, align with, can be yourself with, what makes live worth living. I cherish those rare connections deeply.

Finally, thanks heaps for reading me, sharing your thoughts and taking her home. You really are rare gem and I'm grateful you're here, dear Ethan. xo